Cross Country

Cross Country hosts annual Islanders Splash this weekend

Sep 23, 2010

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi cross country hosts its annual
Islanders Splash at West Guth Park this weekend. The college 5K
race is on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. and the middle/high school
race starts Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m.

Last week the Islanders had a good showing at the Ricardo
Romo/Six Flags Fiesta Texas Classic with the men coming in first
place and women second in the team standings. Patrick Kimeli was
the top finishing collegian runner for the men and second overall
in San Antonio last Friday.

Julia Sambu was the top finishing member on the women's side
coming in sixth.

"It's going to be a competitive meet with the schools coming in,
we're hoping for a good outing ," said head coach Shawn Flanagan
"It'll be a little muddy, but we'll be fine. On Saturday there will
be about 2,500 middle/high school kids competing which will be
great."